COMPOSERS: JS Bach
LABELS: Onyx
ALBUM TITLE: JS Bach Sonatas
WORKS: Six Sonatas for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1014-1019; Sonata in G for violin and continuo, BWV 1021; Trio Sonata No. 5, BWV 529
PERFORMER: Viktoria Mullova (violin), Vittorio Ghielmi (viola de gamba), Luca Pianca (lute), Ottavio Dantone (harpsichord, organ)
CATALOGUE NO: 4020
Mullova's warm tone and lightly articulated playing - the Allegro of the A major Sonata affords a particularly rewarding instance - are substantial rewards in themselves, but over and above these she and her keyboard partner prove a stylish and sympathetically matched duo.
Nicholas Anderson